English noun: grimness | |||
1. | grimness (attribute) the quality of being ghastly | ||
Synonyms | ghastliness, gruesomeness, luridness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | frightfulness | ||
2. | grimness (attribute) something hard to endure | ||
Samples | The asperity of northern winters. | ||
Synonyms | asperity, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | difficultness, difficulty | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | sternness | ||